Katherine Solar Farm is a 33.7MW solar PV power project. It is planned in Northern Territory, Australia. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently at the under construction stage. It will be developed in a single phase. The project construction is likely to commence in 2019 and is expected to enter into commercial operation in 2024. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is being developed by Eni, Epuron and Island Green Power UK. The project is currently owned by Eni International with a stake of 100%.
Katherine Solar Farm is a ground-mounted solar project which is planned over 73 hectares.
The project is expected to generate 32,034MWh electricity and supply enough clean energy to power 8,432 households. The project is expected to offset 7,468t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
The solar power project consists of 99,180 modules, each with 340W nameplate capacity.
9 inverters are likely to get installed at the project site.
Development status
The project construction is expected to commence from 2019. Subsequent to that it will enter into commercial operation by 2024.
Power purchase agreement
The power generated from the project will be sold to Jacana Energy under a power purchase agreement. The offtake capacity is expected to be 25MW.
Contractors involved
British Solar Renewables is expected to render engineering procurement construction services for the solar PV power project.
British Solar Renewables is expected to perform operations and maintenance for the solar PV power project.
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About Eni
Eni SpA (Eni) is an integrated oil and gas company that discovers, explores, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas and condensates. The company is also involved in the supply, trading, and shipping of natural gas, LNG, electricity, and fuels. It has operations in Italy, Cyprus, the UK, Portugal, Algeria, Egypt, Gabon, Nigeria, Russia, Venezuela and other countries. Through its refineries, Eni processes crude oil and other oil-based feedstock to produce fuels, lubricants, and allied products. It commercializes these products through wholesalers and retail networks. The company has properties across Italy, the Rest of Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa regions. Eni is headquartered in Rome, Lazio, Italy.
About Epuron
Epuron Pty Ltd (Epuron), formerly Taurus Energy Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of Ark Energy Corporation Pty Ltd, is a renewable energy company that develops wind and solar energy projects. The company provides resource monitoring and assessment for wind and solar energy projects including data capture and management, and hardware installation and maintenance. It offers development services such as site finding, conceptual design, site assessment, landowner and community relations, and development consents. Epuron provides pre construction services including wind resource and yield assessment, site layouts, equipment selection and tendering, and others. The company also offers technical commercial management services of solar projects including operational performance monitoring, and operation and maintenance management. It serves across Australia. Epuron is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
About Island Green Power UK
Island Green Power UK Ltd is a solar energy company that specializes in the creation of solar photovoltaic plants by locating land, organising the permitting procedure, and overseeing the building of the plants until they are operational. The company is h
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